Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Xenophon, I have indicated that we will introduce legislation in the House of Representatives. There is no guarantee we will get that legislation back to the Senate, given what we see here happening in the Senate right now. For the first time in the history of the Senate, a motion that a report from the committee be adopted is about to be defeated. This is the sort of thing, Senator Mason, to get you into Odgers but not necessarily under the most favourable of terms. This is a measure that will deny 150,000 students support of $2,154 in 2010. There are 21,000 Commonwealth scholarships which will not be paid to new students in 2010 because of the actions of the coalition and Senator Fielding. That will mean that there will be less support for students next year than there has been this year. There are 25,000 families with incomes between $32,800 and $44,000—